Basically the real estate brokerage activity may be carried out by a person who has the professional examination and qualification specified in the the provisions of Act LXXVIII of 1993. (Housing Act) and Government Decree o. 499/2017 Coll. (XII. 29.) and complies with the other prescribed conditions.
Pursuant to Section 64/C § (5) of the Act Housing Act, real estate brokerage activities may be performed by lawyers in their law firm as a supplementary service without obtaining a professional qualification obtainable on the basis of a separate specific realtor examination.
Therefore, an individual lawyer or a law firm is entitled to engage in realtor activities.
In addition, the attorney’s real estate brokerage activity is also regulated by Act LXXVIII of 2017 on the activity of a lawyers (Act on Lawyers). Section 3 (1) (j) of Act on Lawyers defines realtor services as an ancillary activity of a lawyer.
It is important to know that Section 3 (1) of Act on Lawyers also stipulates that, in addition to real estate brokerage, no further legal activity may be performed simultaneously in the same transaction as a lawyer. An exception is if the engaged law firm, the assignment is performed by different members of the law firm and the client expressly consents this additional service in writing.
